What is it about?
Rubber chemicals (RC) are among the most frequent causes of occupational and nonoccupational allergic contact dermatitides (CD). Groups of rubber additives – such as accelerators, vulcanizers and antioxidants – are used in modern rubber manufacturing to shorten the production process, optimize the quality of rubber items and reduce the effect of aging and weathering on rubber products.
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Why is it important?
This is the first statistically analyzed study of rubber chemical allergy in Asia, which supports major trends concerning rubber chemical allergy from European studies. However, wearing rubber slippers in Taiwan contributes to the high percentage of foot dermatitis. Carba should still be retained in the European standard series because of the coexistence of thiuram and carba in rubber products. The concomitant sensitization to cobalt in rubber-allergic patients needs further evaluation.
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This page is a summary of: Type IV Hypersensitivity from Rubber Chemicals: A 15-Year Experience in Taiwan, Dermatology, January 2004, Karger Publishers,
DOI: 10.1159/000077840.
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